Coupon-ticket



(No Model.)

P. W. LEONARD.

COUPON` TICKET.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK VILLIAM LEONARD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

COUPON-TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,701, dated November24, 1.891.

Application filed July 24:, 1891. Serial No. 400,591. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK WILLIAM LEON- ARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoupon-Tickets; and I d0 hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and eXact description ot' the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in t-he art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in coupon-tickets which consist oftwo or more separable parts, a part to be taken up and the-balanceretained by the holder, and more particularly to tickets foropera-houses, theaters, tbc., which have a coupon to be detached andretained by the holder indicating the seat to which he is entitled; andthe object of my invention is to avoid tearing off the wrong end of theticket, as often occurs with tickets of the usual form, especially whentwo or more are taken up at once and torn off simultaneously.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan of an opera-houseticket embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a perspective of a number ofthe samebunched in alternate positions.

Like letters refer to like parts in both figures.

rIhe ticket consists of any suitable material, and is divided into theticket proper A and the coupon B, partially divided atC by a row ofholes or other means, and may also be nicked or notched in each edge, asat D, also having suitable matter printed on each part in the usualmanner.

The peculiar feature of my invention consists in making this ticket ofunequal width at the ends, whereby when placed in a bunch promiscuously,as in Fig. 2, andv seized be- A the wider 'ends only will be grasped andthe narrower ends slip from between the thumb and fingers. Thus whendrawn apart each hand will retain a portion, each grasping the widerends only, which ends can then be placed in conjunction and the bunchtorn off simultaneously at C. I thus make certain of tearing off eachticket in the bunch at the proper line. The nick in the edge also servesto indicate to the touch the proper point of separation, and alsofacilitates tearing apart at that point. So, also, in case of a singleticket the difference in width of the card will indicate to the touchwhich end is the coupon, and prevent mistakes by tearing off orreturning the wrong end to the holder.

It is obvious that my device is adapted to various tickets and coupondevices other than those described, especially round-triprailway-tickets and other similar devices.

lVhat I claim isl. A coupon-ticket wider'at one end than at the other,substantially as described.

2. A coupon-ticket wider at one end than at the other and :notchedopposite the dividing-line between the ticket and coupon, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK WILLIAM LEONARD.

Witnesses:

LUTHER V. MoULToN,A LoIs MoULfroN.

